Recent hurricane activity suggests old standards for wave height requirements should be reevaluated Not all offshore platforms are created equal,...
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La. commissioner proposes $100 million fund to lure insurers to state Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco has set aside $100 million...
EU Reinsurance Directive, Solvency II, killer risks and catastrophes all up for discussion Eighteen years ago an Irish insurance conference...
Two decades since its formation, the West’s only regional catastrophe pool, the California Earthquake Authority, faces financial and management changes...
Florida officials have developed a system to rate homes on their ability to withstand wind damage. The rating system —...
Agents generally support legislation, but insurers caution changes could result in additional costs U.S. Reps. Judy Biggert, R-Ill., and Barney...
The government’s role in insurance markets is a matter of increasing importance and controversy. Historically, state insurance departments have regulated...
With hurricane season less than two months away and memories of Katrina less than two years old, city leaders are...
Seventeen U.S. insurance companies became financially impaired in 2006, despite a respite for property/casualty insurers from two consecutive turbulent hurricane...
Declarations Lidle claim “Quite frankly, there were no eyewitnesses that we’ve been able to find to determine who actually was...